Since NSX was launched in 2013, we have seen a steady expansion in the use cases that are addressed by network virtualization. Our initial focus was automation and reducing provisioning complexity in public and private clouds, and this continues to be a significant driver of adoption.The last 18 months have seen micro-segmentation and other security…

VMware Cloud Automation: Design and Deploy Fast Track [V6.0] This training course focuses on designing and deploying an enterprise cloud by using a distributed architecture deployment of VMware vRealize Automation. The lecture and labs concentrate on designing an enterprise cloud architecture and the effective implementation of a vRealize Automation distributed deployment according to VMware recommended…

With the release of vSphere 6 update 1, and Virtual SAN 6.1, VMware is expanding the capabilities of Virtual SAN as a platform and is introducing higher levels of enterprise availability and data protection of the solution. Virtual SAN 6.1 introduces the new feature Stretched Cluster. Virtual SAN Stretched Clusters provides customers with the ability to…

VMware expanded its software-defined data center strategy with the introduction of its EVO SDDC software stack for managing storage, compute, networking and virtualization resources as a single system. EVO SDDC, previously known as EVO:RACK, can be used by OEMs to build integrated enterprise software-defined data center and cloud solutions that scale from one-third of a…

Friends we are not lucky to be part of VMware festival aka VMworld 2015 but do not worry, we can watch the Videos (replay) in YouTube. Here is the list of Videos available. VMware Administrators can’t miss videos related to VMware NSX Deep Dive & VCSA Best Practices & Tips Tricks EUC5404…

A free, downloadable solution for vSphere Web Client called Hybrid Cloud Manager, with optional fee-based capabilities, will be available for vSphere 6.0. Management through a “Single pane of glass”. To say that finally VMware will be releasing a plugin which will allow you to mange On premise infrastructure & at the same time the vCloud…

We are really excited to see a new dot release for VMware NSX with version 6.2, Mainly due to the idea of stretching the logical configuration across multiple vCenter Servers (realistically, sites) using Cross vCenter NSX. This is where logical switches, distributed logical routers, and distributed firewalls can be deployed across multiple vCenters. Historically,…

VMware has expanded the capabilities of Site Recovery Manager with the new version 6.1 release, which delivers unprecedented levels of protection and functionality as well as new use cases through the addition of capabilities such as storage policy based protection groups, support for stretched storage with orchestrated vMotion, and enhanced integration with VMware NSX. This…

VMware has revealed the next version of Virtual SAN (VSAN), 6.1 at VMworld US 2015. VMware VSAN 6.1 is already third release of VMware VSAN. This release brings an enterprise features which brings stretched cluster features, NVMe and Diablo Ultra DIMM support (storage closer to the CPU, on memory-stick), but also enhanced usability and management…

As a VMware Administrator, we rely on scripts to manage VMware environment, which helps us be more efficient throughout our day. In this article I want to share some PowerShell profile tricks that are specific to VMware. These are tricks used on a daily basis, which I think you’ll find helpful. Using Transcripts…